Posts for August 22nd 2012

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The Sartorialist's Name Change, Miuccia Prada's Great Gatsby, and Grace Coddington's Capsule Collection

Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.



Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.

  • Scott Schuman has requested that a university street-style blog, Campus Sartorialist, change its name, as it infringes on his trademark on The Sartorialist. "I commend their entrepreneurial spirit and think the idea is great, but they don't need my name to continue to be successful," he said in a statement. [The Daily Beast]

  • Miuccia Prada collaborated with The Great Gatsby's costume designer Catherine Martin to alter 40 pieces from the Miu Miu and Prada archives for the film. "I realized how many pieces could become very 1920s with a little intervention and another point of view," she said. [The Daily Telegraph]

  • Grace Coddington designed a capsule collection for Balenciaga that features sketches of her cat Pumpkin. The collection includes a canvas tote bag, a silk scarf, and a wool scarf. Proceeds from the capsule will benefit the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons. [Fashionologie Inbox]

  • Elettra Wiedemann and husband James Marshall married in an intimate ceremony at a restaurant in New York's West Village. She wore Dominican designer Miguelina for the ceremony and changed into Giambattista Valli for the reception. [Vogue]

  • Tom Ford has begun to question the industry's obsession with material goods. "I'm part of this industry that creates insecurity and focuses on materialism and things that aren't actually, for me, the most important things in life," he said. [Vogue UK]
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Shop It Now: Sylva & Cie Resort 2013

Old-world jewelry with modern appeal: that's the essence of Los Angeles-based line Sylva & Cie.
Sylva & Cie Resort 2013 Collection

Old-world jewelry with modern appeal: that's the essence of Los Angeles-based line Sylva & Cie. Inspired by the asymmetry of nature and the glamour of vintage art deco jewelry, each piece features classic fine-jewelry materials — diamonds, rubies, sapphires — but is totally hand-hewn and one of a kind. "Our pieces are unequaled," says
designer Sylva Yepremian. "There isn't a company that produces jewelry the way we do."

Now, the brand's never-before-seen Resort 2013 limited-edition collection has just hit Moda Operandi. Made up of molten metals, diamond-rimmed rubies, pear-shaped sapphires, and — our favorite — smokey diamonds, each piece in the collection is like a mini work of art. See them all up close here and preorder them online now until Aug. 28.

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The Most Fashionable Ladies on Forbes's List of 100 Most Powerful Women

Forbes's annual list of the 100 most powerful women in the world has a few notable entries from the fashion world, including Diane von Furstenberg, Anna Wintour, and Miuccia Prada.
Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women 2012 List

Forbes's annual list of the 100 most powerful women in the world has a few notable entries from the fashion world, including Diane von Furstenberg, Anna Wintour, and Miuccia Prada.

The list ranks Diane von Furstenberg at no. 33, citing her position as president of the CFDA as a reason for the high ranking. She ranks far above any of the other women on the list who work in fashion, including even Anna Wintour, whose work raising money for President Obama's reelection campaign (and the 11 million plus people who read Vogue every month) helped hear earn spot 51. Miuccia Prada also made the list: in spot 67, she is recognized for her recent inclusion in the Costume Institute's Impossible Conversations exhibit.

Lady Gaga and Gisele Bundchen, aged 26 and 32 respectively, are the youngest women on the list; most of the other members are between the ages of 37 and 73.

But age isn't the number that matters on this list. A look at the most fashionable women included — and where they rank — here in the gallery.

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Alexa Chung to Launch Her Own Label

Alexa Chung has confirmed that she's working on her very own clothing line.



Alexa Chung has confirmed that she's working on her very own clothing line.

"Yes, I'm definitely going to do that," Chung said when Numéro Tokyo asked her about the idea in an interview for its September issue. "I'm looking into it right now."

A spokesperson for Chung later confirmed the plan for the line to Vogue UK, but offered no other information. Though the line is in its infancy, Chung told Numéro Tokyo she's committed to creating it herself.

"I've got nothing to lose, it's a bit of fun," Chung said. "In this current era of celebrity no one believes you actually design the stuff anyway, even though I sketch everything myself. So if it sucks I can say I had nothing to do with it, and if it's really good I can say 'Here are the drawings, it's all my own work!'"

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Watch: Stars Align For the New Fashion's Night Out Commercial

Karlie Kloss, Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang and a host of stylish celebrities stepped in front of the camera to create the PSA for Fashion's Night Out 2012.

Karlie Kloss, Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang and a host of stylish celebrities stepped in front of the camera to create the PSA for Fashion's Night Out 2012. The black and white ad also features Solange Knowles, Arizona Muse, Carolina Herrera, Peter Dundas, Jessica Paré, Francisco Costa, and Justin Bieber, among others, all of whom promise the event will be "bigger, crazier, and sexier than ever." The camera jump-cuts from one famous face to the next, and in the background Darren Criss is heard delivering a cover of Madonna's "Dress You Up."

Fashion's Night Out 2012 will take place on Sept. 6 ("Not the 5th," as Pamela Love notes in the commercial) in cities all over the world. A look at what else the evening has in store in the video below.

Shopping

The Back to School Shopping Guide — Luxury Edition!

That ever-so-subtle chill in the air can only mean one thing: Fall will soon be here.
Luxury Back to School Essentials Fall 2012

That ever-so-subtle chill in the air can only mean one thing: Fall will soon be here. And though the last few weeks of Summer may always feel inherently sad, they also bring with them the sense that something new is just around the bend.

So, in honor of that old familiar back-to-school feeling, here it is: our annual guide to the season's "scholarly" classics. New books, new uniforms, new shoes, new pens . . . they're all here and all promise to make for one totally chic — and luxurious — reentry.